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looks well, though too embonpoint, and dresses like 
a young lady, wide short sleeves. She is of a high 
family, a sister of the present Duke of Argyll, and is 
certainly talented; she is said to be quite poor. Her 
daughters are married into families of rank, except 
one (Miss Bury) who was with her mother at Lam- 
bert’s, whom Sir William Hooker thought remarkably 
handsome, but Idid not. As I have not a high respect 
for Lady Bury’s character I did not throw myself into 
her circle, and saw almost nothing of her the whole 
evening. We came away early. 
Saturday evening. —I paid a visit, this morning, 
in company with Joe Hooker, to the Zodlogical Gar- 
dens in Regent’s Park, where we saw all kinds of four- 
footed beasts, and fowl, and creeping things. There 
are four giraffes, but none quite so large as those we 
saw in New York. There were a very fine orang- 
outang, very gentle and amiable, a curious spider- 
monkey, and other curious animals in great plenty. 
The finest residences I have seen in London are those 
which look upon Regent’s Park. Returning, we called 
upon Lambert, Saturday being a kind of public day 
with him, and there met that Nestor of botanists, 
Mr. Menzies,! whom I found a most pleasant and 
kind-hearted old man; he invited me very earnestly 
to come down and see him, which I will try to do 
some day. Meanwhile I expect to meet him on Tues- 
day at Mr. Ward’s. 
We just had time to go down into the City to call on 
Mr. Putnam (publisher) and to learn that copies of 
the “Flora” had arrived, but were not yet cleared 
1 Archibald “agers eae pe the hha who accompanied 
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Vancouver in voyne to the west coasts of North and South 
erica. Hi are in the Edinburgh and Kew Herbariums. 
